Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL India had a tradition in the 1970s of making military helicopters look like animalswww.peepultree.worldexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1475arrow-down18
arrow-up1467arrow-down1external-linkTIL India had a tradition in the 1970s of making military helicopters look like animalswww.peepultree.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareiAvicenna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·3 months agoFuck aerodynamics that is why
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·3 months agoIt’s a helicopter, it’s not like it glides nicely through the air anyways; it beats the air into submission
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoHelicopters are famously safe to fly and operate with random non functional bits attached.
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoA reasonable concern, but consider the upside: we can call them Elecopters.
Fuck aerodynamics that is why
It’s a helicopter, it’s not like it glides nicely through the air anyways; it beats the air into submission
Helicopters are famously safe to fly and operate with random non functional bits attached.
A reasonable concern, but consider the upside: we can call them Elecopters.
fair enough